Safety depository



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Patented Sept. 6, 1932 TE'S UNI- ED YS A PANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ACORPORATION. OF OHIO:

- sArErY nnrosrron? .App lic ati on med-na 1a, 1929. Serial K01364 539,

The invention relates to safety depositories more particularly for useby cashiers and tellers inbanks and the like. ,V

The objects of the improvements include the provision of simplifiedmeans, which are reliable and certain in operation, for instantaneouslyplacing the cashiers or teller s supply of money in an automaticallylocking safety deposit box upon the appearance of a bank robber, whenthe cashier or teller actu ates a trip mechanism controllingtheoperation of the safetydepository.

Further objects-ofthe improvements include theprovision of a safetydepository, which may be connected with other safety depositories, sothat all j of the safety depositories may be actuated fromv a positionadjacent any one of them by a single cashier or teller} i I The objectsof the improvements alsoinclude the provision of adelayed time lock forthe door of the safety deposit box, so that after the money has beenplaced into the box, the door of the box. may not be im mediately openedeven though the bank otficer isforced to operate the lock by a key orcombination. 4 V 7 These and ancillary objects are attained in thepresent invention, as will be set forth hereinafter in detail andclaimed.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in .theaccompanying drawing formingpart hereof, in which Figure l isafrontelevational view of one of the improved safety depositories hereof withportions brokenaway; and

Fig. 2, a side elevationgthereof with portions broken away.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

.The improved. safety depository indicated generally at 1 includes sidewalls 2a and 2b, a back wall 20, a bottomwallQcZ. and a top wall 26,preferably made of any suitable burglarproof materiahsuch as hardenedsteel,

and forming a burglar proof compartment 3, having a. front openingprovided'with a burglar proof door closurea hinge connected at one sideto the compartment side wall 25, and provided with a lock 5 at the-otherside,

and the lock 5 is preferably a combination 2 lock and a delayed timelock combined, of any well lmown construction. j i

A money receiving opening 6 is formed in the top wall-2e, and isprovided with ahopper closure indicated generally at 9.

The hopper closure 9 includes laterally ex tending plates 10and 11preferably at right angles 'with'eachother and joined to each other atthe corner 12; i

The ends of the'plates 1O erably connected and 13b. v I

Both of the plates 10 and'll are of such size as to substantially closethe opening 6 in the top wall 26 when either plate is placed in the,plane of the ,top'wall2a. I

Hinges 14, which. are connected adjacent the corner 12 to the hopper,andto the top wall at the rear edge 15' of the opening 6, mount thehopper that it may 'swing about a horizontalaxis. When the plate 10 isswung into the plane of'the top plate 2a as indicated in full lines inFig. 2, the plate 10 forms a closurefor the opening 6; and when theplate 10 is swung downwardly to the position indicated in dot and dashlines in Fig. 2, the hopper plate 11 forms a closurefor the open ing6.rI "f The hopper 9 is normally maintained in the position illustrated infulllines in Fig. 2, with, the plate 11 extending vertically upward, andmoney indicated at 16 is stacked.

is normally spring pressed beneath the forandll are prefby. sectoralfendplates 13a WILLIAM E. ADAMS, or CLEVELAND, 01110, ASSIGNOR TonIEBotnsArEaLooK mm;

ward edge of the plate 10, and meansfor'withdrawing the slide bolt mayinclude a laterally extending horizontal shaft 19 journalled at oppositeends in the side wall 2a and extend ingthrough the side wall 2?);

A bolt withdrawing arm 20 is secured to and extends upwardly fromthe'shaft19 into a suitable aperture in the bolt 18. A shaft rotatingarm 21 is secured on the outer end 22 of the shaft 19 and extendsforwardly from the shaft; and its outer end is pivotally connected tothe upper end of a link rod 23, the lower The shaft is ournalled insuitable hearing brackets 27 beneath the guard 26, and a laterallyextending trip bar 28 extends along side of and in front of the shaft 25beneath the guard 26 and is connected at its inner edge with the shaft,as bymeans of spokes29. Accordingly, when the trip bar 28 is rotatedupwardly as by means ofa tellers toe inserted beneath the same, thetriplever 24 will be rotated downwardly, and through the link 23 and the arm21, will rotate the shaft 19 to rotate the bolt withdrawing arm '20forwardly, thus withdrawing the bolt 17a from engagement beneath theforward edge of the money supporting plate 10. i Gravity will thenimmediately urge the hopper to fall downwardly about the axis of itshinges, thereby dropping the money 16 into the safety depositcompartment 3. i

For increasing the velocity of movement of the hopper, automatic doormoving means indicated generally at 30, whichmay be any well knownspring-urged fluid-check mechanism, are mounted within the compartment.

The automatic door moving means may include a cylinder housing 31mounted upon and depending from the lower surface of the top wall 26,and the cylinder housing has operatively mounted therein a shaft 32extending horizontally as illustrated, which shaftis normally urged bythe spring-urged fluid-checkmechanism within the housing 31 to rotateinthe directionof the arrow 33.

An arm 34 is secured upon and extends forwardly fromthe shaft 32, and apreferably length adjustable link 35 is pivotally connected at one endwith the outer end of the arm 34 and at the other end withthe bracket 36depending from the lower surface of the plate 10, the positionillustrated in lines in Fig. 2. Accordingly, when the latch bolt 17a isfull withdrawn from engagement with the plate,

10, the door moving means 30 will operate to rapidly rotate the hopper 9about the axis of its hinges, until close to thefend of its travel, whenthe velocity of the rotating hopper .will be checked, and the plate 11will be silently and quietly rotated into the plane of the top wall 2e.

The sectoral end plates 13a and 13b of the hopper are each preferablyprovided with a notch 37 adjacent the plate 11. Each of the notchesengages with a spring latch 38 mounted in alinement therewith on thelower surface of the compartment top wall 26 adjacent the front edge 18of the opening 6.

Thus when the hopper 9 is rotated downwardly, the latches 38 engage withthe notches 37 and securely lock the plate 11 in closing position forthe opening 6.

'Each latch 38 may be provided with a knob 39, whereby the latch boltmay be withdrawn from engagement with the notch 37 by opening the doorl. and reaching within the com-J By providing the delayed time lock 5,after the money has been dropped into the safety depository, even thoughthe robber may force a bank officer to operate the combination of thelock, the door 4 of the safety depository may 'not beopened till after apredetermined period of time has elapsed, the length of which is longerthan the robber will care to remain at the scene of the'hold-up.

The aforesaid safety depository'thus provides a simple and effectivemeans for rendering a daylight hold-up or robbery very difficult if notimpossible. p

I claim; V

1. A device of the kind described comprising a housing having a dooropening and a door therefor, said housing having an aperture'd top wall,a pivoted closuremember for the aperture in said top wall, a shelfconstrained to move with said closure member and adapted to closesaidaperture when said closure member is in its open position,springactuated fluid-check means for displacing said closure member intoits closed position, and a spring-pressed latch-accessible solelythrough said door for locking said closure member in its closedposition, said latch being held in a retracted position by said closuremember while said closure member is moving into its closed position.

2. A safe comprising a housing having a I door opening and a doortherefor, said hous ing havlng an apertured top wall, a closure memberfor the aperture in said top wall,

said closure member being disposed outside.

of said housing when it is in its open position, a shelf operativelyconnectedto said closure member to be lowered into the safe when saidclosure member is moved into its closed position, means havingsufficient power to force said closure member into its closed position,and a spring-pressed latch accessible solely through said door forlocking f said closure member in its closed position.

3. A safe comprising a housing having an apertured top wall, a closuremember for said aperture, said closure member being disposed outside ofsaid housing when it is in its open position, a shelf in said safemovable toward and aWay from said aperture, means operatively connectingsaid shelf to said closure member for moving said shelf away from saidaperture when the closure member is brought into its closed position,means having suflicient power to force the closure member into itsclosed position, manually operable means for controlling said forcingmeans, and latch means which automatically locks said closure 1 memberwhen it is forced into its closed position.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

' WILLIAM E. ADAMS.

